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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dinesen try to do after Bror left?
(a) Open a safari business.
(b) Run the coffee plantation.
(c) Sell the farm.
(d) Start a jewelry company.

2. Unresolved conflicts in Dinesen's life created ____________________.
(a) her suicide attempt.
(b) her business failure.
(c) her mood swings.
(d) her divorce.

3. What did Dinesen help with during the war?
(a) The Resistance Movement.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) News reporting.

4. Who was Thorkild Bjornvig?
(a) Dinesen's gardener.
(b) Dinesen's accountant.
(c) Dinesen's close friend.
(d) Dinesen's chauffeur.

5. Why did Dinesen go to Berlin in 1940?
(a) Journalistic assignment.
(b) To visit friends.
(c) To free Jewish people.
(d) Vacation.

6. Dinesen's stories about Bjornvig in the 1950s were about _______________________.
(a) platonic friends.
(b) soul mates.
(c) the collision of geniuses.
(d) love without sex.

7. What likely caused Dinesen's miscarriage of a baby?
(a) A fall down stairs.
(b) Emotional trauma.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Syphilis treatments.

8. Why did Dinesen feel abandoned by Denys in 1928?
(a) He was seeing another woman.
(b) He did not write letters anymore.
(c) He moved back to England.
(d) His visits were sporadic and brief.

9. How could Denys best be described?
(a) A good cook.
(b) A politican.
(c) An author.
(d) A confirmed bachelor.

10. When she was 50, Dinesen struggled with feelings associated with ___________________.
(a) poverty.
(b) illness.
(c) death.
(d) menopause.

11. What did Denys spend much of his time doing?
(a) Building.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Adventuring.
(d) Writing.

12. What did Dinesen's family help her do that was a positive thing?
(a) Buy a home in Denmark.
(b) Re-established her literary career.
(c) Start a jewelry business.
(d) Establish a school.

13. Which of the following does NOT describe Dinesen upon her return to her parents' home in Denmark?
(a) Amiable.
(b) Hypersensitive.
(c) Bad-tempered.
(d) Selfish.

14. What did Dinesen do when it looked as if she would lose the coffee plantation?
(a) She kept on as if nothing was wrong.
(b) She let everything go to rot.
(c) She tried to find a buyer.
(d) She reduced the number of acres harvested.

15. What did Denys do for Dinesen that was better than anyone else could do?
(a) Fulfilled her desires for romance.
(b) Gave her flying lessons.
(c) Supported her artistic talent.
(d) Taught her how to shoot big game.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dinesen feel about this period of her life (mid-1920s)?

2. What caught Denys' attention in 1930?

3. What did Dinesen believe about her relationship with Bjornvig?

4. Who helped Dinesen manage through her illness?

5. Which of the following was NOT a typical theme for Dinesen's work?

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